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The Clifton clarion., 1887-06-22

The pet goat of Mrs. Cassidy, of Roxbury, Mass, is dead. His death was due to the fact that he couldn't resist the temptation to butt his mistress as she was bending over the we'll drawing bucket of water. As soon as she was fished out of the we'll she ordered his instant execution.-N. Y. Sun.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-06-22

The English craze for "platonic friendship" between prominent so- ciety men and the wives of other men has been introduced into this country, and appears likely to have quite run. If the friendship be- comes too platonic it can generally be cured with the aid of a good shotgun.
 Any writing or picture made with solution of cobalt chloride is invisible until heated strongly for few seconds, when the writ ten characters or picture appear of blue color. By simply breath ing upon the paper, they again disappeg from view, to reappear
The Clifton clarion., 1887-06-22
GOING NORTH.
Passenger and freight rates on tho Arizona
 X New Mexico Railway from April lst lSSI.

Children between five and twelve years of age half fare. each full fare, and JJ pounds with each half fare ticket.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-06-22

" are of the first class.
 LAWRENCE RUSSEEL.
 President.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-01-29

ee,'r mouse broke up a
(sI,, ssI,,,nSe''ng meeting at scdalia,
kias' %'' n ,a'ght In the course
\ !, u, e happened to enter
M, u brother Jackman's
m =, worthy ' gentleman
} 1% I'',n,e The same time OK.
(,SS' S'a in a voice that
\ AI,., exactly J suitable to
kelesS'',a s' = struggle the in.
~ .''' and dropped on
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-01-29

ROCHESTER, n. y, Jan. 2j.-Dr. Swift, Of
the Warner Observatory, yesterday re-
ceived telegram from Prof Z, Il, Barnard,
Director of Vanderbilt University Obscry-
atory at Nashville, Tenn, announcing the
discovery of another comet by him in Gym
gus. AT 6 o'clock a. IN. its position was
right ascension, 10 hours, minutes and IS
seconds; declination north, p degrees, q
minutes. 1t is moving very slowly to the
east. Three comets have been discovered
within five days. The Southern comet is
going TO be very bright,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-01-29
"A LITTLE NONSENSE"

Tell your mistress ] have torn
the curtain said a boardcr to a do
nestle Very well, sir. Mistress will
put it down A. extra rent. " \. Mail,
Il see young Quininc has gone out
of the apothecary business and become
letter-carrier. Yes, he was fairly
driver by poverty from pillar to post
Boston G'ojc,
Pig iron has advanced in price
three dollars per ton within the last
three weeks, and i, still advancing, II
this ratio keeps up it certainly will
soon become hog iron.-Erchange
--Gucst Uising excitedly from the
table, after tasting an olive for the
first time): Its sorry I'd be to dis
turb the hilarity of the mating, but |
behave some ioker's salted the gusc-
berries. - Chicago Mail
Il think, said Colonel Fizzietop.
THAT Johnny is the --latest boy in Aus
tim" That may he. but he gets up at
six o'clock in the morning, notice"
replied Mrs. Fizzletop. "Oh, he does
that SO he can have more time to loaf. "
--TtraS SVtiagS.
An aggricved individual thrust his
head into the editorial sanctum and
began his TRADE of abuse: Base min
ionw NO" said the editor, without
looking up, and thinking that he recog-
nizcd the voice of the foreman of the
composing room, "leadcd nonpareil.
please. ~ Boston Post.
--Jocular passenger to matter-of-fact
conductor: knocking down much to-
day." The conductor modestly, but
firmly, knocks him down. SAY"
(picking himself up. sadder and a
sorcr NAM, "can't you take joke? !
didn't mean any thing, Conductor:
IL didn't either"
| The study of handwriting as an indi-
cation of character is very interesting,
The "Pencilcr' has written twice to
JAY Gould to say that he would take
pleasure in examining scientifically
Mr. Gould's signature at the end of a
one thousand dollar check, but he has
received no reply, Can Mr.. Gould be
away?- SomerrHie Journal.
A news item says: "A man in
Lakelield was struck by 4 locomotive
recently. knocked over the smoke-stack
and instantly killed. Whisky was the
cause" This is shameful, All loco
motives "choo," but this is the first
time one has been accused of indulging
in whisky and knocking man over its
smoke-stack. Boston Transcript,
| And how are yez falin' to-day,
Mr.. O'Ratlertyp' never felt so poorly
in my life. I'm too poorly to buy the
necessaries of life. If had millions.
it's every cent OF il that Id give to be
rich man." "I'm wild ye, Mr.. O'Raf-
ferty. If owned the whole world, I'd
be willin' to give it away for little
piece of land an cabin that ! could
cali me own. "-Prai,ie Farmer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-01-29
FOUR IN ONE GRAVE,
burial of Mrs. Cabnlek, the Insane Mother
VINO Butchered Her Children and Hang
ed Herself

CLEVELAND, Jan. 93-lu plain black
caskct at the morgue yesterday, lay the
body OF Mrs. AntOinctte Cabalck. the un-
natural mother, who, on Thursday butch
cred three OF her children, and fatally
wounded two others, and then hanged her
self Clasped to the bosom Of the dead
woman was the body of baby Willie.
In a white casket near the
black one lay the bodies Of
Annie and Mamie, the two other inno-
cents. The doors of the morguo were
opened AT an early hour in the forenoon,
and for nearly five hours stream of sight
seers surgcd past the two coflins. Thou
sands of people were attracted to the
place, and it required the services of
detail Of police to keep the crowd in
order. Ia the afternoon the bodies were
buried at the city inhrmary farm. No
prayer was said or other re-
bgious services attempted The
murderess and suicide was a
Catholic Naelor Cabalck and his three
sons who are spared to him rode in a car
riagc behind the hGarse The two collins
were deposited in one grave James and
Tonia, the little boy and giil who were SO
terribly wounded by the ticndish mother,
are still alive at the city hospital. Vaclor
Cabalck shows signs of insanity, and il is
feared that the awful trouble will unsettle
his reason
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-01-29
PERSONAL AND lMPERSONAl.

Congressman French, of Connecti-
cut, is the inventor Of the railway car
spring that is now in general use.
F w. Kcnnie, Of San Francisco,
says that city has three hundred young
women who are heiresses to $500, 900 or
mG;e each, and all are unmarried.
Within the last twenty years Mr.
George Washington Childs, Of Phila-
deIphia, has presented over two hun
dred big aud valuable Bibles to
churches, schools and societies.
The oldest employe of the Govern
ment of the United States is Joseph
Goldsborough Bruff, an artist, who has
for the past sixty-three years designed
seals, vignettes, medals, etc.-Boston
BUdget.
The editor and city editor of the
| Register and the editor and city editor
of the Union have been elected hog
haywards of New Haven, Conn. II
they qualify. it is intended to turn loose
q drove of hogs on the green and de-
mand that the haywards catch them.
james G. Richardson, Of Lake
| City. Mimi, has invented several con-
tiyanccs 50 that while lying in bed, by
pulling wires, he feeds his horses, lights
the kitchen fire. and opens the draughts
Of the baseburncr in the sitting room.
Mr.. Richardson is from Connecticut
n Y SIM.
"A New York housekeeper writes
| that she mas a maid-servant now work.
ing for fourteen dollars a month who
has several thousand dollars in railroad
stock, which she has accumulated.
She reads the news, dresses well and
does good work, from scrubbing to
cooking or sewing
The corporation of Stratford-on-
Avon. Eng, has voted the heartiest
thanks of the town to George W. Childs.
of Philadelphia, for the gift of a drink
ing-fountain. In the letter presenting
| the gift Mr.. Childs expresses hope
| that the fountain may prove an evil
dence of good will between the two
nations having the fame and works of
Shakespeare as a common heritage,
Edwin FORESTS last public appear
ance was as a reader Of "Othello' in
Boston. While the audience was dis
pcrsing. the doorkeeper said II hope
we shall have YOU with us long, Mr
Forrest" "Oh, yes" he replied, "all
:, the week" II don't mean here in
Boston, but in the world "Ah. as to
, that, ~ reioined the old actor, chow un-
, certain an d vague it all is.' The next
. week he was dcad,--Haper's Weekly,
-Jabez Beaumont, of Easton. Pa,
who has Just celebrated his ninety-sec
, ond birthday, thinks that he will never
die. He says that when he was a
. young man a woman offered him {
i, drink, saving; That's likely to xii
+, YOU. If you drink it and recover from
!, the effects YOU will never die H
drank, was quite i'll, but recovered, an,
now in his vigorous old age * tirml.
convinced that he will live forever
= Pl'Sbwgh Post
The oldest man in Modoc County
a Call, is "Tule Dad, aged one hundre,
Il years, In crossing the plains all of hi
. relatives were maS,acred by the Indians
. and he becamea yeritable "lnjun fight
!, en-" It Is said that he still can handl
# his rifle and ride his horse with as mucl
n agility as many men who are youn!
enough to be his great grandsons. H.
Y i, a great tobacco-chewer. He acquire,
l. the habit ninety years ago and has ad
y hercd to it ever since.-saN FranciSc
y | can
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-01-29
PRETTY STEADY DIET.



Many Weeks on Irish stew.
Talking about things to eat, - said a
passenger from the East, ''lct me tell
YOU of an experience had once. Five
or six wears ago took passage ON .
clipper ship from Baltimoreto Bremen,
| was the only passenger, and, Of
course, had to dine with the captain
and the mate. The fare at first was
simple. but endurablc. The third day
out the captain called the cook in.
Cook, said he, with an oath. why
haven't you had any Irish stcws"
Cause didn't know wanted en-
replied the cook. But do want EN-
the captain went on, with another oathi
aud I'm going to have en-. lwant m
Irish stew on the table every meal tho
rest Of this voyage-dyc hear? Irish
stew every meal.
"And Irish stew it was We had
stew for breakfast, for dinner, for sup
per. For It day or two it WAS well
enough. At the end Of q week was
tired Of stew At the end Of two weeks
| loathcd it, At the end of the third
week the very sight of it gagged me.
Once | venturcd to hint to the captain
that | would like Il change, but the
cur,ing got-hc was terrible man
Silcnccd me forever. II was Irish stew
all the way from Baltimore to Bremen
-thirty-fiye days in all. Some days |
went without food-some days | man
aged to choke down mouthful or two
of it. BY going by sailing vessel III
stead of passenger steamer saved nifty
dollars on the passage. but when | ar
rived in Bremen weighed twenty-nine
pounds less than when left Baltimore.
| have never tasted Irish stew since,
and cverwill again. Chicago H,HstG.
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MALICIOUS lNFORMERS.


Striking examples of the popular de-
sire for revenge daily come 10 the notice
of this office through persons with per-
Sonal grievances trying TO ayengc them.
selves by having the tewors of the rev
enuc laws applied to their enemies
gratuitously. The information gcner-
ally offered by those maliciously in-
clned is based on failure to observe
the special tax requirements of the
department. In most eases, 50 frequent
are they, we know what \ would-be
infolmer is going TO say before he has
spoken. Generally the informer does
not wish to give his name. and acknowl-
edges ut the outset that revenge for an
injury done is his only motive. lie
gives detailed recital of violation Of
the law. and consoles himself with the
idea that he is patriotically serving the
interests of Uncle sam, and at the same
time paying of an old score, He i:
generally surprised when asked who
tlt NINltS>tN W tHt tdN' di'' anu b'ih :
usually the only one himself, and not
being desilous of appearing, of course
there is no evidence on which to base 4
prosecution. Very often we are ap.
preached with the question whether in
such or such a case the informant will
be rewarded for his information. When
assured in the negative. the "feeler'
gracefully departs to more proiitably
apply his knowledge elsewhere. Most
eases, however. are those of offers from
persons pleased to serve the Govern.
ment and themselves without reward.
--Joha Atvood, IN 50. Louis Globe.
Democrat.
- =
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-01-29
The Skeleton Married.

PnILADELrHIA, Jan. 93--Thc skeleton Of
the Dime Museum, W. j CotTey, was mar
red tonight to Miss Eva Cartwright of
N0rristown, at the pastoral residence of
Rev. DR.. Chapman. The makeup of the
skeleton was faultlcss. His clothes sat
well upon him, and would easily fit modi-
um-slzed man weighing one hundred and
forty pounds, His legs, arms and trunk
had evidently been well-pndded, for moth
ing about the set OF his garments
would indicate that he did not carry
about an average amount of flesh His
mustache and goatec were carefully wax
ed and combcd and his eye glass was in
position. The lady whose choice fell upon
the skeleton is decided blonde of about
twcnty-eight, and of fair appearance,
weighing about one hundred and thirty
pounds, Coflcy possibly weighs fifty
pounds. and is about the same age as his
bride
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-01-29
Legal Views of the Case.

ST LoutS, Mo, Jan 9l.-Thc st, Louis
lawyers have been interviewed as to the
legal effect Of marriage by proxy, and
particularly such % marriage between An.
archist Spies, under sentence of death
and Miss Van Zandt, of Chicago With q
few exceptions they hold that proxy
marriage under any circumstances would
be illegal, and some claim that man un.
der sentence of death can not contract a
marriage of any kind, The other side was,
however, taken by several LAWYERS, who
held that IA marriage by proxy between
Miss Van Zandt and Spies would be a legal
mnrrinpn
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-01-29
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION
or II Carload OF Giant Powder-Two-
thirds Ola Train Demolished brakeman
Killed. and Windows Broken Twenty-Five
Miles Away.

thirds of "A Train Demolished brakeman
Killed. and Windows Broken Twenty-Five
Miles Away.
Fort SCoTT, KAs., Jan. 2j.--ADOut two
hundred cases of giant powder exploded
while i'll transit over the Missouri Pacific
road half mile west Of this city al l
o'clock this morning. II was being trans
ported in a magazine car. The train con-
sisted OF twenty-three freight cars, and
fifteen of them were completely demolish-
ed, and the magazine car was
blown 10 atoms The engine was
badly broken up, but not blown off
the track, Scott Horker, brakeman, who
leaves wife and child at Sedalia, was in
stantly killed, A great hole was blown in
the roadbed, and the rails and ties ground
to powder for several rods distant. The
engineer, J. X. Dillon, and fireman, S. Shu-
ford, although badly frightened and stun
ned, were not seriously hurt Conductor
Elliot and he rear brakeman, who were
IN the caboosc, were uninjurcd The shock
from the explosion was simply terrific.
Ten thousand dollars worth of fine plato
and window glass was broken in build
ings throughout the central and western
parts of the city. Many thought it On
earthquake, and left their beds and ran
from their houses panic-strickcn. The re-
port comes here to-day that several
windowglasses were broken at Nevada,
Mo, twenty-five miles distant, aud also at
Rich Hill. Houses were shaken all over
the county.
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Threatened With q Flood.

ToIEpo, O., Jan 23.--Thc ice in the Mau-
NEE river opposite Toledo let go about
three o'clock this afternoon and carried
away about go feet of the Union railroad
bridge. The ice abreast Of Toledo was
very soft, bu, that in the upper river was
from twelve to eighteen inches thick, and
has withstood the thaw well II has piled
up against the Pennsylvania railroad
bridge, and there is danger that at least
IN, feet of that structure will be wrecked
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-01-29

BALTIMORE, Jan. 2l.--John T. Ross, col
orcd, who assisted in the murder Of Emily
Brown, colored, with view of selling her
body to medical college, was tonight
found guilty of murder in the first degree
The trial is one of the quickest on record
1t began shortly before eleven o'clock this
morning A half hour was spent in get
ting jury. The afternoon was takenup
with the testimony, and toward evening
the arguments were begun. The State
concluded at l0l5, and half an hour later
the jury brought in a verdict of guilty as
indicted
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-01-29
EARTHQUAKE THEORIES.
Some Of Those That Have Been Urged Upon
the Nations Authorities.

Since the Charleston earthquake the
newspapers of the land have teemed
with earthquake theories. Earthquake
have been ascribed to the explosion oi
gases in the interior OF the earth, to the
falling Of Caverns, to collapse due t.
the extraction of gases and oils by
wells; they have been ascribcd to in.
Lcrior electricity, as if they were light
ming strokes; they have been asclibed
to metcorologic conditions, as if storms
have beaten down the foundations OF
the earth; they have been ascribed to
astronCGic causes, rs if the sun ard
moon were tearing the earth to pieces
in fierce combat; and, finally, they have
been a,cribed to astrologic causcs--
occult phases Of the planets, Then
earthquakes have been personitied.
One pundit sent his quaking demon on
a journey from Eastern Asia under
the depths of the Pacific and on
By the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Noun
tains, where it stopped in the Yellow
stone Park to set off a geyser; then on
through the valley of the Mis,is-
sippi and the Appalachian Mount
aims until it reached the depths beneath
Charleston, where it expired in convul-
sions. Other pundits became prophets
and foretold dire calamitc,. A collec-
tion Of this Hydrologic literature sent
to the writer would make several vol
umcs. Ii is strange that these whim-
steal vagarco should have such circu-
! lation, as if all the hidden history OF
earthquakes had been destroyed and
forgotten, and as if the science of re-
olo@y, with its Libraries Of facts had not
been born. An earthquake is a start
ling phenomenon, and fills the soul
with terror, as the foundations of the
earth are broken up and the very type
of stability becomes unstable, and cx-
pericncc organized into intuition is be-
lied. Under such circumstances the
imaginations Of men run riot; fools are
philosophers and charlatans are lead
er5 of thought Such j. the lesson de-
rived from the earthquake literature OF
the months succeeding the catastrophe
at Charleston. ! have seen tribe OF
Indians dance and howl all the night
long about the body Of man pros
trated with a fever all led by a ''medi.
cine man. who from time to time per-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-01-29

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25-The circulation Of
the standard silver dollar is steadily de-
crcasing Tho amount outstanding today,
SIS 63i ,267, is over s2Oo0,UO less than the
amount outstanding on the lst inst 1t is
expected that the new $ silver certificates
will be ready for issue next week, Tho
first impressions have already been re-
ceivcd at the Treasury Department. The
sew notes contain vigncttc of General
Grant on the face and iac-similes Of five
silver dollars in a group on the back.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-01-29
ittpmnt to Burn n Saloon.

FosToRIA, o., Jan. 23.--About eight
o'clock tonight during driving rain, an
nccndiary went to the rear of Theo. Ale
bach's saloon, located on Center street,
and after thoroughly saturating it with
coal-oil, set it on fire. The flames spread
rapidly, owing 10 liberal use Of oil on the
building. and large portion Of the con
tents were consumed. The building was
set on fire and nearly destroyed before, u
few months ago.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-01-29

"A Bethel justice was recently ap-
piled to for u warrant by father who
desired that his son should be put un-
der bonds to keep the peace. The
Justice declined to issue the warrant,
and told the father that his son would
not injurc him. even if he had threat
ened to do so. IL don't know about
that" said the father, "he's a mighty
bad breed. IN y. independent,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-01-29

WASHINGTON, Jan 81 Mrs. voorhees,,
the wife of Senator Voorhees,, died at their
residence in this city at ) o'clock this fore
noon, Of acute peritonitis. She was taken
sick on Monday last with congestive chills,
followed by inflammation of the bowels,
which terminated fatally. The remains
will be taken to Terre Haute, Ind, proba-
bly, tonight, and the funeral services VIII
be held there on Sunday next.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-01-29
A Strange Burial.

LONDON, Jan. pa funeral Of a remark.
able character is reported from HaWes in
North Yorkshire. The deceased was Mr..
j. s. Broderlck, a well-known and wealthy
follower Of Epicurus. He believed in the
transmigraton of souls and in his dying
moments gave instructions that no min.
lister should attend his funeral and that
there should be no religious ceremonies Of
any kind. The interment took place in
his own lands on the top of a hill, To
reach the place the cortcge had to pass
over a portion Of the Pcnnine range Of
hills, and as the road was blocked in
places by snowdrifts over twelve feet
deep, the mourners had drcary and
difficult task The immediate place o.!
scpulture was very rocky 1t had been
chosen by the deceased, and blasting op.
crations had TO be carried ON Cor two days
and nights TO complete the grave which
was forty feet below the surface in the
solid rock
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-01-29
THROUGH A SEWER.
-' rer1Aus Journey of Two Small Chill
ureh n Swollen stream of Water n,
Niagara Falls.

Nb"'" ais
- NIAGARA FALLS, ONT, Jan. 23.-Muddv
nun creek passes under this town bv
means OF "A sewer quarter of a mil,
long During thaws in winter ii is
swollen into small river, which runs
win great rapldity, flows over the preci-
p"e near tue whirlpool rapids park,
ana 1al!s into Niagara river. The creek
was IN this swollen and turbulent CON
u'Iioh last evening when hand sleigh, in
"hIch was seated Bertha Farrell, four
years and ten months old, slid down into
the current, which was running rapidly.
NO sooner had Bertha got into the stream
.hah her sister Blanche, aged ten, Jumped
vi alter her, and both were swept into the
sc"er' An alarm was raised and rush
niaue Tor the mouth of the sewer TO pre-
NehV the httie ones from going over the
Prcciplce. Men, secured by ropes, got into
the water at the outlet of the sewer.
ana waited for the children. Little
bertha came out first. She was under the
water and caught under II log. Soon after
ward came Blanche floating on top Both
children We're, from appearances, Hfeless.
Not even a breath or beat of the heart
was diseerniblc, and it took long and
patient work 10 bring them back to life.
me children passed under ground fully a
quarter of mile, and were in the water
ten minutes, most Of the time submerged.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-01-29

VIENNA, Jan. 23,-Rulcs governing the
Landsturm, which have Just been pub
lishcd, show that nothing except blind
ness, deafness, dumhness and lameness
will exempt men from service and that
drafts from the Landsturm will be used TO
I'll up the gaps in the regular army and
navy reserves The new rules have rather
surprised the country, such sweeping,
stringent conditions not having been ex-
nnntnl
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Against Pinkcrton Detectives.

TRENTON, \. j., Jan. PA bill was in.
troduced in the General Assembly to-day
providing that no person belonging TO the
organization commonly known as "the
Pinkcrton men" or 'the Pmkerton patrol
shall exercise in this State any power as
deputy sheriff. policeman or constable I;
also that nobody but a resident of the
State shall so act. \ penalty of 5000 fine
or five years imprisonment is fixed for
violation of the law.